I recently “tweeted” the following message:@scriptdreric Just read a few scripts where writers include the exact song they’d like to hear… Thoughts on this?Expecting only a few responses, I didn’t check back right away.An hour later, I had over thirty replies! Thanks, people!Most of you
I love a good movie in the morning.Today my fiancée and I caught the first showing of THE SOCIAL NETWORK at The Landmark. Because I hate going into a movie with too high of expectations, I won’t tell you how much I liked it.I also
As you may have noticed, there has been little activity from me, Script Doctor Eric in a while. Except on Twitter, where I use my smartphone to tweet as @ScriptDrEricApologies for radio silence. I’ve actually landed a full-time job and have full-time things going on in
A script reader (or “Reader”) is the person who reads scripts for agents, producers, managers, assistants, and…pretty much everyone. It works like this (I used “agent” here, but feel free to substitute “manager,” “producer,” “executive,” etc.): 1. An agent gets sent a script from a client, manager,
I’ve received this question a couple times in the past few weeks:My script is longer than 120 pages. Would you still read it and give me notes?The average screenplay is usually between 90 and 120 pages. Each page generally corresponds to a minute on screen.It’s